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Dropbox app android won't upload till app is opened
Hello, With my samsung S9 running on android 8.0.0 my dropbox app only uploads the pictures when I open the app. Before it was uploading always.
Sorry to hear this persists Paul.
This actually may be related to a feature on newer Samsung OS versions called App Optimization. It is designed to freeze applications that are deemed to be untouched by the user and may interfere with some background services. You may find this setting by:
- Go to your system (not our app's ) settings.
- Tap on Battery (found under System category)
- Find App optimization section and tap on detail
- Find Dropbox in the list and tap on it
- Change the option to "Disabled for"
- Your system should no longer freeze Dropbox now.
Let me know what you find please.
Hi Lusil,
I'm not sure how exactly your application perform service related actions, but if the said in Walter's post is true, not just some "words" (unintentional error), seems your developmet have reached next fault (as a basic idea - not just typing error). The background services was never guaranteed to run while not used in some active application!!! Recently, they almost mandatory go freezed soon after application detach/unbind (around 10s). Using "Background service" for such job is (softly said) stupid. Possible drawback of such inappropriate use exactly match the "symptoms" described in current thread. There are other services and service-like methods for such jobs (much more appropriate). Pay attention on the Note, below "Background"!
Let's hope your development will learn something new :nerd: (after forward this post). :wink:
I think I may have fixed this, although I'm not 100% certain what did it. Many settings were disabled and then re-enabled and so forth, but at the moment, Dropbox is consistently uploading my photos to my account.
I think the most pertinent settings are in the Battery...Settings... section, and the most important ones to check there are:
1. Adaptive Battery - make sure this is turned off
2. Put unused apps to sleep - make sure this is turned off
3. Sleeping Apps - make sure Dropbox is not in this list
4. Auto disable unused apps - make sure this is turned off
5. Disabled apps - make sure Dropbox is not in this list
Also check the Dropbox App Permissions, to make sure that it is enabled for:
Cameras
Contacts
Storage
Also check on the overall Power Mode, which could be a factor if too much power savings is being enabled.
I'm hoping mine is fixed for good, but only time will tell.
And I wil give props to Dropbox support, as they did contact me by email, and followed up to my replies and so forth.
I have this issue. I have checked all the settings in this thread but still only get images uploading when i open the app and go to the photo tab.
I have a samsung S9, running latest version
Thank. Alex
- Lusil
Dropbox Staff
Hey alexdroppingbox, thanks for nudging us on this thread.
I just want to make sure that we've covered most initial troubleshooting, since you also mention that you've checked all previous notes on the thread. For example, have you:
- Tried reinstalling the Dropbox mobile app?
- Confirmed that Background Uploading is on from the Dropbox mobile app's Camera Upload settings?
- Enabled cellular data with and without being connected to WiFi?
Let me know how it goes!
Until yesterday, I thought my problem was completely solved, but it happened again (despite all of the settings being configured as per recommendations, and my last post).
I had taken a number of pictures while now on WiFi. I have Dropbox configured to only upload with WiFi, since I don't have unlimited data. When I returned home, and reconnected to WiFi, those pictures should have automatically uploaded, but they didn't. I had to open the Dropbox App to get this going.
I tested it just now, while on WiFi, and the photo immediately uploaded.
So it seems that when pictures are taken while not on WiFi, they get 'forgotten' by Dropbox, so to speak, as they didn't automatically upload when WiFi was reconnected.
Something for Dropbox to look into.
- Same issue on a Pixel 3 running Android 10.
When I open the app and go to photos, I see that I have items to upload, which load quickly without any intervention by me. - Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi Clarence D.; welcome to our Community and sorry to hear you're having issues with this.
Can you please follow these steps and let me know if they help at all?
1. Open the Dropbox app
2. Tap the menu
3. Tap Settings
4. (if applicable) Select the account under which you enabled Camera Uploads
5. Under Camera Uploads, tap 'Background Uploading’
6. Check it is not set to 'Only while phone is charging'Let us know how it goes!
> Enabled cellular data with and without being connected to WiFi?
I have done all these things but not sure i follow this one, do you just want me to toggle the options while connected and not connected to wifi resepctively ? Is this a known bug ?
Checked those items.
Background uploading "only while phone is charging" clicked off.
You didn't mention the "battery percentage", which is set at 30%. That occasionally catches me, but not often. I changed it to 20%.
I have background enabled, upload videos enabled, cellular data eabled, data plan for all files.Im stuck i have reinstalled, toggled backup over cellular data
Im made sure the app is not on the sleeping list. Yet for long period of time, even when on charger my photos do not backup till i open the app.
- Lusil
Thanks for trying those out for us, Clarence D. and alexdroppingbox.
I've followed up with a ticket to the email address connected to each of your Community profiles. When you have the chance, please check your inbox for my message and we'll take it from there.
Looking forward to hearing back from you!
January 16, 2020
I have a Galaxy Note 10. I've tried all the above and can upload photos only when I open the app.I just noticed an update in the Google Store two days ago. Could this update solve the problem?
ATTN Dropbox personnel: Please have them add dates and times to this forum to help users determine relevancy.
Also, would you please have the Dropbox App developers post changelogs on the Google Store updates so we can decide if we want to apply the update.
THANKS!
I too have this issue.
I have a Blackberry KeyONE which runs Android 8.1.0
My Dropbox settings are :
- camera uploads on
- background uploading on (when battery 25% ), on WiFi only.
Last night my phone was plugged in (quickly reaching 100% ) and at home on my home WiFi network. The photos I had taken earlier were not uploaded until this AM when I opened the Dropbox app and went to Photos.
- Lusil
Hey peeps, thanks for nudging us on this thread.
For those of you that have already checked Walter's steps here, could you also make sure that the relevant permissions are allowed from your Android's settings?
- Open your Android's settings.
- Go to Applications.
- Tap on Dropbox.
- Scroll down to Permissions.
- Make sure that Camera and Storage are toggled on.
Keep us posted!
- im using samsung note 10+.. i had the same problem.. when i changed power mode under battery menu.. my problem solved.. it starts upload at background
Same issue as everyone else. I have a Galaxy S9+, Android 10.
I'll notice that my camera photos haven't been synced in a while, then go to the app, flick OFF camera uploads, close the app, then open the app, flick it back on, and the uploads will continue as normal (until they stop again).
Since then I've followed every tip in this entire thread to no avail.
This has been an issue ever since I got my S9+, a year and a half ago. You'd think that after a few years the smart folks working at Dropbox could figure this issue out, since it seems to be an ongoing issue (just Google it)!
Hi Daphne,
204.2.4
It looks like I solved the problem by unchecking 'only upload when charging' under 'background uploading'.
Now everything seems to be uploading as usual.
Shouldn't have been an issue, as I would leave my phone charging for hours, and nothing would upload. Maybe the app doesn't properly distinguish between charging vs not charging in some phone models...?
